1) AYP is open for young people 14 to 24 years old.
2) Age requirement for different Award Levels are as follows:
Bronze: 14 years old or above
Silver: 15 years old or above
Gold: 16 years old or above.
Activities completed before 16th birthday are not accepted.
You can choose joining Bronze, Silver, or Gold Award Level if you meet the age requirement.
3) Minimum age requirement for receiving the award is as follows:
Bronze: All participants 14.5 years old
Silver: Bronze Award Holder 15.5 years old
Direct Entry Participant: 16 years old
Gold: Silver Award Holder 17 years old
Direct Entry Participant: 17.5 years old
4) The last date for entry is the 23rd birthday and the upper age limit is 24. Activities count for the Award must be completed before 25th birthday.
The Award Scheme consists of 3 levels: Bronze, Silver and Gold.
Participants of all levels must fulfil the requirements and complete the following 4 sections:
Service
Expeditions
Skills
Physical Recreation
Residential Project（Gold Award Only）
AYP is about self-challenge and our programmes cover voluntary and extra curricular activities. You should study about the details before joining. You may find useful information in this website, or may visit the Award Office / Operating Authorities for details. Some Operating Authorities may have specific recruitment targets and you may choose the appropriate Operating Authority for yourself.
To begin your AYP journey, you should purchase a record book through an Operating Authority. All Award activities should be recorded on the record book for evaluation. Only activities undertaken after the enrollment will be counted. You will be asked to provide personal information during the enrollment. Should there be changes on the information, you should inform Operating Authority immediately for correspondences update.
You may choose your activities according to your abilities and interests and please refer to the guidelines in AYP Handbook. Except the Expeditions Section, you may plan your Award activities for assessment. You may choose the same activity for different levels (e.g. choosing Karate for both the Bronze and Silver Level) and improvement should be shown in the advanced level.
You have to invite instructors to provide guidance to your selected activities. For activities organized by an individual body/institution, you can pick that instructor. Please inform the User Unit before the start of an activity; if the activities are chosen by you, that instructors have to be approved by User Units. The assessment of activities will be taken by experienced and knowledgeable assessors. In general, the assessor for Bronze/Silver Award activities will be the assessed instructor and you should invite them before the start of activity. The assessors of Gold Award level are appointed by respective Section Panel.
After inviting suitable instructors for assessing Bronze and Silver activities, you need to report your definite plan of actions to the leaders of your Operating Units. There is no set syllabus or common standard to achieve. You should set challenging, realistic and achievable goals for within the time frame. For Gold Award Level activities, you need to present the plan to the Section Panels at least 1 month before the starting date. Only activities recorded will be recognized with the approval from the Operating Units/Section Panels.
You should keep progress of the activities as scheduled and keep contact with the assessors to evaluate the progress of and performance.
You should keep record of the progress and details of the activities for assessors and Operating Authorities to review after completion.
Upon completion of the Award activities, you should ask your instructors and assessors to endorse on the record book to certify the progress and performance. Gold award participants shall meet the Section Panels to prove your activity record, where Section Panels will endorse for certification.
Participant fulfilling the requirements for each Level will be awarded a certificate and a pin. Bronze Award Presentation will be organized by the Operating Authorities; Silver Award Presentation will be organized by the Award Office, and the Silver Awards will be presented by celebrities. Participants are required to complete the Notification of Attainment of Silver Award before the deadline of presentation ceremony (Some Operating Authorities may have special arrangements for their participants). Gold Awards will be presented by the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Participants are required to complete the Notification of Attainment of Gold Award and hand in their record books before the deadline.
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| Gold Award | |
|---|---|
| Requirements | Age 16 or above |
| Service | At least 100 hours spread over at least 12 months |
| Expeditions | 4 days 3 nights |
| Skills | At least 12 months for those who have completed this Section at Silver; or at least 18 months for Gold direct entrants |
| Physical Recreation | 36 points |
| Residential Project | Spend at least 5 days 4 nights in a residential setting |
| Silver Award | |
|---|---|
| Requirements | Age 15 or above |
| Service | At least 30 hours spread over at least 6 months |
| Expeditions | 3 days 2 nights |
| Skills | At least 6 months for those who have completed this Section at Bronze; or at least 12 months for Silver direct entrants |
| Physical Recreation | 30 points |
| Bronze Award | |
|---|---|
| Requirements | Age 14 or above |
| Service | At least 15 hours spread over at least 3 months |
| Expeditions | 2 days 1 night |
| Skills | At least 6 months |
| Physical Recreation | 24 points |
